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Dr. Rahul Soman

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Kochi

Qualification: B. Pharm., M. Pharm., Ph.D
@amrita.edu
Research Interest: Antiaromaticity, Crystallography, Defining Metabolic Pathways of Drugs, evelopment of fluorophores and theranostic agents, Photodynamic therapy, Porphyrinoid Chemistry

Bio

Dr. Rahul Soman joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics in December 2021. He completed his B. Pharmacy from National College of Pharmacy, Calicut in 2007 and his M. Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics) from The Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu . After B. Pharmacy he worked as a production pharmacist in Vysali Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. Cochin for one year. He was selected as government Pharmacist at ESIC Hospital Andheri, Mumbai. He obtained his PhD from National Institute of Technology Calicut under Dr. C. Arunkumar in the area of porphyrin chemistry.

After finishing PhD, he joined as a Postdoctoral fellow in P. K. Panda Research Lab, School of Chemistry, Hyderabad Central University. He received National Postdoctoral fellowship from SERB-Department of Science and Technology, towards the developing photodynamically active porphyrinoids. University Grand Commission awarded him; Dr. DS Kothari National Postdoctoral Fellowship for his research work on Development of Contracted Porphyrin Based Theranostic Agent Development at School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad.

He published 13 international journals and filed an Indian Patent on Theranostic applications of contracted porphyrins.

Publications

Journal

Year : 2016

Structural elucidation and study of intermolecular interactions in meso-tetratolylporphyrins

Publisher : Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines

Year : 2016

Semiconductive properties of zinc(II)-porphyrinic coordination arrays

Publisher : Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 2017, 21, 144-151

Year : 2014

Quantitative crystal structure analysis of fluorinated porphyrins

Publisher : Journal of Fluorine Chemistry

Year : 2012

DFWM Measurements on Mn-(meso-tetrakis(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-N,N,N-trimethyl-4-aniliniumyl)porphyrin) complex

Publisher : International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, 2012, 1 - 3.

Year : 2010

Evaluation of mucilage of Caesalpinia pulcherrima as Binder for Tablets

Publisher : International Journal of ChemTech Research, 2010, 2, 436-442.

Year : 2010

Acute & Subacute toxicity study of aqueous extract of Cassia auriculata seeds (caesalpiniaceae)

Publisher : International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Development,

Year : 2010

Evaluation of mucilage of Prosopis juliflora as tablet binder

Publisher : International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Research

Research Area

  1. Development of Expanded and contracted porphyriniods
    1. as theranostic agents
    2. as imaging and photothermal agents
    3. as aromatic and antiaromatic model compounds.
  1. Porphyrinoid chemistry towards biomedical applications
    1. Design and development of various porphyrin based theranostics.
    2. Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (PACT) with Porphyrinic Materials
    3. Synthetic Cytochrome P450 models to explore the metabolic pathways of drugs.
  1. Exploring porphyrinoids towards
    1. Development of Porphyrin based fluorescence Sensors
    2. Supramolecular chemistry: Non-covalent / Intermolecular Interactions of Fluorinated Porphyrins

Projects Completed

  • Development of far red or near infrared (NIR) emitting fluorophores: As potential dyes for early cancer detection. [Rahul Soman (PI)at Prof. PK Panda Lab University of Hyderabad]
    Funding Body: DST-SERB
    Status: Completed
  • Design of new class of indolizine fused pi- extended porphyrinoids towards theranostic applications [Rahul Soman (PI) at Prof. PK Panda Lab University of Hyderabad]
    Funding Body: DSKPDF-UGC
    Status: Completed
Oral Presentations

2021

  • 3 Jul 2021 – Presented oral virtual presentation entitled “Introduction of a Versatile PDT Photosensitizer: Meso- Diester Boron(III)subchlorins and its μ-oxo Dimer ” in International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP 11) organized by Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines (SPP). [Webinar]
  • 8 May 2021 – Presented oral virtual presentation entitled “Design of bowl shaped ring contracted chlorins and antiaromatic expanded porphyrins” in NITC diamond jubilee celebrations webinar series at Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut, India. [Webinar]
  • 8 Mar 2021 – Presented oral virtual presentation entitled “Bowl Shaped Ring Contracted Porphyrins as Versatile Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)” in Recent Advances in Materials Chemistry (RAMC 2021) at School of Chemistry and Centre of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Applications, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India. [Webinar]
  • 4 Mar 2017 – Presented Poster and oral presentation entitled “One pot synthesis of stable meso-substituted subchlorin and first subchlorin dimer” in Chemfest 2017 at School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad. [Oral and Poster]

2017

  • Presented poster on the topic “One pot synthesis of stable meso-substituted subchlorin and first subchlorin dimer” in “Chemfest 2017” held in University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. [Oral and Poster]
Awards and Achievements
  • Department of Science and Technology – Science and Engineering Research Board awarded SERB National Postdoctoral fellowship. (No. PDF/2016/000685)
  • University Grand Commission (UGC) awarded D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral fellowship. (No. CH/17-18/0252)
  • Awarded Best Poster in “International Conference on Advances in New materials June 2014 (ICAN 2014)” held in University of Madras, Chennai.
  • Elected as PhD Councillor of Science (2013-14) at NIT Calicut, Students Affairs Council.
  • Registered Pharmacist under Kerala State Pharmacy council (Registration no. 35807).
  • Member of Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines – (SPP, https://www.spp-jpp.org/) (Membership No. SPP03298).
  • MHRD Junior Research fellowship (JRF) from 2010 to 2012.
  • MHRD Senior Research fellowship (SRF) from 2012 to 2015.
  • Life member of Indian Pharmacists Graduates Association (IPGA Membership no. LM 3659).
  • Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering in Pharmacy (GATE-PY 2009)
  • Qualified Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT 2010 and GPAT 2014)

 

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